Example sentences of "go [adv prt] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
| 2 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 3 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 4 | But trying to classify and understand them will show you a good deal about what is going on for that child . |
| 5 | And it 's still going on for another season . |
| 6 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
| 7 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 8 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
| 9 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 10 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
| 11 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 12 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 13 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
| 15 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
| 16 | I 'm going down for that job ! |
| 17 | " I reckon you 're very wise not going in for this lark , " Joanne said , shifting the mound of her body uncomfortably under the bedclothes . |
| 18 | Shrimp kept going up for some water , trod on Andrew . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 20 | look it does n't matter now because we 're going out for some milk , here |
| 21 | If your whole departments going out for any reason , for a departmental meeting , if you 're all out at a conference , or if there 's some sort of briefing or something going on , please let the switchboard know which numbers will be unattended , and how long you 'll be out for . |
| 22 | The strength of the association between the mortality and morbidity was given by the slope of this line , indicating how much sickness goes up for each point increase in the death rate . |
| 23 | LIFE IN THE SHADOWS : Sarah is preparing to go out for another night 's work ( left ) and on the streets , where she is wary of police |
| 24 | If the pilot light goes out for any reason , a heat-sensing thermocouple detects the fault and prevents the main gas supply from operating . |
| 25 | When it has stopped coming , he drops the body and goes back for another lamb and another , creeping down the earthen steps with his blood-stained knife and his feet and ankles splashed with red . |
| 26 | He 's determined to go back for that bag , are n't you ? |
| 27 | I find some people on the streets are quite like , pigheaded and they do n't really want to go back for some reason really . |
| 28 | On short finals full flap is lowered , the speed is brought back to 75 kts and the propeller levers are moved into fully fine in case there is a need to go around for any reason . |
| 29 | It will go on for another while anyway we hope . |
| 30 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |